Blog - Pen Boutique

This week, Pen Boutique owners Leena and Raj asked me to write about autumn! Autumn is a tricky time of year for me. While almost everyone I know adores fall, I have very ambivalent feelings about...

A little over a month ago, our Yafa Brands representative, Ken, visited Pen Boutique for a team training session and to tell our staff about all the exciting pens and inks coming soon from Monteve...

Last Friday, I had the immense pleasure of attending my very first Pelikan Hub, right around the corner from Pen Boutique at Cafe Columbia. None of us at Pen Boutique had ever been to a Pelikan Hu...

One of my all-time favorite blog article topics is Sailor fountain pens. Even before I bought a Sailor of my own, I loved taking photos of Sailors and writing about what makes each one special and ...

If you've read very many of my blog articles, you know I love color. I love delicate subtle shades like mauves and pale greens and soft grapefruits, and I love intense hues like vibrant fuchsia an...

I'm going to try to make this week's blog article short and sweet. I've been meaning to write about Montblanc's Starwalker pens for a while, and the new Space Blue series finally pushed me over th...

I hope you enjoyed my article last week, where I talked about my experiences preparing for this year's DC Pen Show and collaborating with Leonardo Pens. Saturday was my first time working a table ...

If you read my "Laura's First Pen Show!" blog article back in March, you know the 2023 Baltimore Pen Show was a really big deal for me and an experience I will never forget. When I got home from t...

As I'm sure you can imagine, working at a pen store can be very dangerous. There's always the possibility you'll spill ink all over yourself, suffer a severe paper cut, get stabbed in the hand wit...